Sydney Harris Gyrotonic Trainer, Pilates Instructor

The bones from the ground up - for you anatomy nerds So good! via 7activemedical.com

: 11:30-12:30 ... 8:00-9:00 9:15-10:15 ' 8:30-9:30 SMT 20:30-21:30 Online classes: Sunday Gyrotonic with Noyah 11:30-12:30 Monday Gyrotonic for trainers with Michal 8:00-9:00 Gyrokinesis with Noyah 9:15-10:15 Wednesday Gyrokinesis with Tamar 8:30-9:00 Thursday Gyrokinesis for trainers with SMT Donna place 20:30-21:30 See you there illustration: @tembelone Links and payment options: : https://trailer.web-view.net//0XE61781046C13BFB883C58B66CF #gyrotonicroom #tlv

Syd Studio L.A. 2020= Archway (arguably the most difficult) 2021= Jump Strech Board (arguably my favorite )

When we look at this image, we see strength with flexibility and full body strength and coordination. In other words, truly functional movement. How about you, what do you see?

GoneGratz...please meet Palermo Pilates. This is there GoneGratz story... My pilates journey began with the best of intentions in a contemporary way. The deep...er I delve, the more questions arose. At a certain point I asked myself, shouldn’t I know the origins of the work, before I try to modify? As it was for the method, so was it for the equipment! Once I began to learn the original method, the only equipment that made sense was the original equipment-Gratz!

This truly isn’t a Pilates exercise named after an animal (it’s part of the Candlestick exercise), but it sure does make me think of a hanging bat! #pil...atesanimals #hangingbat #feelasfitasananimal #pilatescandlestick #gadarpilates #romanaspilates #romanakryzanowska #josephpilates #teamgratz #gratz #pilatescadillac See more

Peace. Love. Pilates

THE HAMSTRING SERIES! Why is it so great? You know, besides feeling wonderful: in addition to the benefits to the lower extremities that will be discussed belo...w, the "tractioning" lengthens your back and hip flexors, wonderfully decompressing the lumbar vertebrae. What we practice in this series is eccentrically contracting the hamstrings and connecting our movements to our core via our breath. Why is this so important? Eccentric muscle contraction occurs when the muscle is controlling the weight and motion of a limb while moving into a lengthened state. The hamstrings are required to work eccentrically during walking and running. Additionally, the speed of the contraction matters in that fast eccentric contractions produce more force than slow eccentrics. Dysfunction of the hamstrings limits the ability to work eccentrically and is thought to contribute to overuse injuries to this area. Due to eccentric demands on the hamstrings, eccentric training is a crucial part of rehabilitation in a hamstring injury, especially for athletes. Training eccentrically has been shown to enhance muscle hypertrophy, strength, normalize tendon tructure and improve ability to return to sport after injury. This explanation is taken from Kirsten Heath's article, "Hamstring Pain? Try Some Eccentric Training!" at www.vighettipt.com . . . . #hamstringseries #eccentrictraining #eccentrichamstringstrengthening #activestretching #feelssogood #lumbardecompression #breath #corestrength #coordination #gyrotonicseacoast #seacoastliving #seacoastlife #seacoastnh #gyrotonic #gyrokinesis #gyrotonicexpansionsystem #pulleytower #mindbody #bodyawareness #hipopening #hipmobility #movebetter #feelbetter #livebetter #exerciseforbabyboomers #hamstringstrain

Have you ever wondered about the history behind the equipment used in the GYROTONIC method? We sat down with Juliu Horvath, founder and creator of the GYROTONI...C method, to hear the story from him. It's one filled with resourcefulness, inspiration, and ingenuity. Enjoy episode 1 and stay tuned as we'll be releasing several videos over the next week that tell all the pieces and parts of the story. See more

Angela Crowley is honored to be published in the beautiful and inspiring Bare Essentials Journal from Australia! Angela writes about how the GYROTONIC Method b...egan, how it can benefit those who participate in Extreme Sports, and what the future of exercise looks like! Click below to read this insightful article. bit.ly/GCGBare2

Last year....I was there and I can’t wait to go back....one day. #gyrotonic #expansion

Why don't you come and join us at our beautiful studio in the heart of the Black Forest to start your GYROTONIC Journey? Robert Meggle’s: https://www.gyrotonic....com/trainer/20699/ GYROTONIC Foundation Teacher Training Course August 3 - 15 GYROTONER Course (6 days) with the newest 2018 material. August 24 - 29 GYROTONIC Update Course for Level 1 Trainers (3 days) November 20-22 (if necessary 1 or 2 weeks later) GYROTONIC Jumping-Stretching Board Course (7 days) 2021, January 4 10

We love a good throwback and wanted to share these images of Juliu and a bit of history with you. Prior to creating The GYROTONIC and GYROKINESIS Methods, Jul...iu Horvath had an impressive dance career filling principle roles in the Romanian State Opera, New York City Opera, at Radio City Music Hall, and the Houston Ballet. When he ruptured his achilles tendon, it brought his dance career to a sudden halt. In the late 1970's, Juliu moved to St. Thomas and built a small hut by hand. He started meditating more intensively and began his own movement exploration based on intuition, observations of nature, and his personal experiences. It was during this time over the course of several years that he developed a system he called 'Yoga for Dancers', which later evolved into The GYROKINESIS Method. These images show a young Juliu in St. Thomas, practicing Yoga for Dancers. See more

Beautiful back work and strength @lucialacarra #worldwideballet #lucialacarra

Move chaos through time and space into the stillness of what’s possible.

Baby boomer Julie fluidly moving through arch, side arch, curl with the GYROTONIC Wingmaster. In addition to proprioceptive feedback (it's harder than it look...s for her to keep the bar parallel to the wall in front of her when doing the side arch - there is a tendency to rotate there), there is the strengthening element! Julie is recovering from bicep tendonitis and is doing a great job moving from her scapulae. Curious! Please contact us for more information or to schedule an appointment! . . . . #gyrotonicwingmaster #wingmaster #backstrength #shouldergirdlestability #spinalmobility #spinalhealth #gyrotonicseacoast #seacoastnh #northhamptonnh #gyrotonicmethod #gyrotonicexpansionsystem #feelssogood #yoga #pilates #physicaltherapy #archandcurl #proprioception #internalopposition #totalbodyintegration #breath #stabilitythroughcontrast #movebetter #feelbetter #livebetter #corestrength #coordination #mindbody #bodyawareness See more

Amen Cynthia! PILATES IS NOT ABOUT FEAR....IT’S ABOUT FREEDOM! Through Contrology we create strong bodies capable of moving with suppleness and ease.... And, yes, sometimes with me you get a little ass-kicking. But with LOVE! #Repost @sharepilates DONE/ TOAST/ ELATED/ After a session yesterday with the amazing @brookesilerpilates, if you can get in a class, do! And some people don’t think Pilates is a workout, which makes me sad, a little embarrassed to say I am a Pilates teacher and sometimes a little annoyed. After my first contemporary Pilates teacher training I thought/was told classical Pilates was too much, too dangerous, too risky, too hard, too advanced for the average body, just not necessary and didn’t stack up to latest medical research. What an actual crock..? And that’s not actually even a contemporary Pilates issue, that’s just a big issue in Pilates teacher training. Another story... Yep it’s hard, and we can hide behind as many variations and adaptations as we like, but it still won’t prepare us for the real work of Pilates. We don’t need new/extra classes or training to stretch or test our clients beyond Pilates (!) We need to make sure they are doing Pilates and those exercises we don’t teach; not just variations of the exercises we feel comfortable teaching/doing or think, or are told, are safe! Joseph Pilates knew a lot more about his method than us. As a now classically trained teacher, I know as a contemporary teacher my clients were underestimated and not stretched and strengthened to their full potential because of the fears created by my contemporary trained thought process. Pilates is not dangerous and we don’t have to shield our clients or ourselves from exercises unless there is a really good reason that can’t be overcome with apparatus, props, modifications. I will be forever thankful for staying curious and looking further afield for Pilates training. #pilates #pilatesstrong #pilateslovers See more

Joseph Pilates teaching the Open Leg Rocker www.orpilates.co.il

Bruce Lee doing an exercise that looks identical to the Pilates Long Spine exercise without straps. #brucelee #pilates #gadarpilates #romanaspilates #pilateslongspine

We're Back. Pilates and Gyrotonic - Syd Studio L.A. @ Progression Wellness

Tomorrow at 8am PST - join me for an intermediate Pilates Mat using the Magic Circle (no worries if you don’t have one , you can do it without). All proceeds go to #CampaignZero. Organised by Kathi Ross-Nash Red Thread. Please see below for donation links. Thank you

Shall we dance? Beautiful #swan with Romana Kryzanowska . Joseph Pilates . ... #romanaspilates #romanakryzanowska #contrology #josephpilates #pilates #pilateslovers #contrologia #reformer #pilatestenerife

Romana invented the jump board for dancers to work on their jumps with back support. Check out my next post to see how other athletes can use it. #gratz #teamgratz

GoneGratz... meet Everlea , Pilates by Everlea. Here is her GoneGratz story.. I started with another brand. I didn’t know there was a difference between Classic...al and Contemporary Pilates when I started as a student in college. The studio where I took had Balanced Body, so that’s what I got at first. After about 8 years of being a Contemporary instructor, I watched a video online and only recognized about half of what I was watching, and it blew my mind! I eventually bridged into a classical training program replaced my equipment with Gratz. #gratz #teamgratz See more

Love Pamela Pardi!!! #pilates #nyc

"Unlike a Pilates reformer tower, which adds resistance, the Gyro equipment can be used to remove resistance from limbs, increase range of motion and allow users to focus on core muscles, lengthening and expanding the body. I think it’s much more biomechanically sophisticated than yoga or Pilates, Larkin said. In Pilates you hold your spine still and with yoga, while there are a lot of different forms, some- times the movements don’t matter while other forms are super spec...ific. Because Gyro constantly moves the spine the benefits are applicable to any sport or form of exercise. It’s training you to move in the best possible way in any situation. Gyro is gentle enough for seniors but challenging enough for seasoned athletes in a sort of mental, mind-body rewiring way. But retraining the brain and body and getting away from negative patterns of movementslike hunching over the computercan be a slow process, and takes repetition and patience." http://lipulse.com/2015/03/27/rise-of-the-machines/ See more

in France ... The last push-ups were at primary school I did my best to challenge myself but no miracle since the age of 10 Thank you, dear Kojiro for the invitation and I will forward this to my dear colleagues Naoko and Juergen in New York City. Love home solidarity thinking of all the dear friend thanks for front liners stay safe #GYROTONIC#GYROKINESIS#

The late and great Leda Franklin shares insights from her 25+ years of experience in the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM Method. (This #TBT video was filmed in the ...summer of 2015 and is dedicated to Leda in loving memory and with gratitude for the legacy she left to us all in the Gyrotonic community.) See more

Did you know that Juliu Horvath, Founder of the GYROTONIC Method, began creating this unique and innovative line of exercise equipment in the early 1980’s?

Ted Shawn and another man do Mat Work. Joseph #Pilates http://pilatesinsideoutspain.com/ #HazPilates #PilatesInsideOut #escueladePilates #Madrid #MonitorPilates

Dia Internacional da Dança #dança #vida #movimento #gyrotonic #junping #gyrokinesis #valmauriz #brasil

Hanging out with Yannis Brunet

Hi All, So my Zoom Classes start next week Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday's at 9am Mountain Time. Tuesday will be a complimentary class for all.... Join URL-https:// zoom us./j/713134540 Livestream via Zoom with your truly Adrianna Thompson

Jacob´s Pillow https://pilatesinsideoutspain.com/ #HazPilates #PilatesInsideOut #escueladePilates #Madrid #MonitorPilates #Pilates

Anna Woolley Shaffer doing Pilates at Joseph #Pilates studio, NYC 1953 http://pilatesinsideoutspain.com/ #HazPilates #PilatesInsideOut

Why do so many people curl their toes when they walk or run? Watch them do a Single Leg Stance (SLS). If you see toe curling or flexing, it's often indicative o...f weak glutes. Looking at this picture of the "back line", you can see it starts on the bottom of the foot and continues up to the head. What's missing is the glutes! And that's true for a lot of people as well, from sitting too much. Hard to stand on one leg and balance (the building block for walking and running), without access to your glutes. In NKT we see that, and release the toe flexors in relation to activating the glutes. See more

Ok but can we discuss his Horseback mount??? #slowclap #flawless #pilatesgoals #respect #josephpilates. . In this video he’s demonstrating exercises than can be done on the Wunda Chair, which he envisioned as a piece of furniture that transformed into an apparatus when needed.

Joseph #Pilates Reformer http://pilatesinsideoutspain.com #HazPilates #PilatesInsideOut #escueladePilates #Madrid #MonitorPilates

I doing combinations on the handle unit: forward spiral, reverse spiral, double spiral and dive-double spiral-curl. Think creatively! . . . .... #gyrotonic #pulleytower #handleunit #archandcurlseries #forwardspiral #reversespiral #doublespiral #gyrotonicexpansionsystem #feelssogood #movebetter #feelbetter #livebetter #gyrokinesis #gyrotonicseacoast #seacoastliving #seacoastnh #pilates #yoga #mindbody #bodyawareness #totalbodyintegration #fifthline #northhamptonnh #breath #coordination #fluidmovement #corestrength #internalopposition #internalstrength #spinalhealth See more

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Inelia Garcia Garcia goes Lisboa

Join Moses Urbano at East Bay Pilates on March 13, 14, 15 for a special weekend workshop on The Footwork as our Powerhouse Connection. In addition Faye Stevens...on will talk about finding the true Core and I'll be talking about Constructing The Body. info here: https://eastbaypilates.com/events/moses-urbano-2020 See more

Charlie is 88 and always up for trying new things! Look at him rocking it on the #gyrotonic jumping-stretching board! Thank you Charlie for being a continuous i...nspiration to us all. We you! . . #gyrotonicexpansionsystem #jumpingstretchingboard #mobilitytraining #spinalmobility #fitnessforall #aginggracefully #jointhealth #jointmobility #ageaintnothingbutanumber #88andfeelinggreat #fitnessforlife #agingwell #flexibilitytraining See more

ACTIVATE YOUR CORE Ride the waves with more ease. When the wind and physics change your direction, stabilize and connect to your core.... Gently rock forward and back like a cradle: While pressing each leg away from you against your palms, lean backwards. Visualize a golden egg inside your pelvis that rolls backwards until your feet lift off the ground. Reverse forward by delaying the golden egg behind you and leading with your head. Massage the small of your lower back both directions. Repeat several times.

Torturing Mary-Ann with "kneading", a warm up for the Leg Extension Unit which we know from the GYROKINESIS homework series! Kneading teaches the organizatio...n between the legs and deep abs and psoas. The mat helps give her feedback in lengthening her back body in the curl. The intentions of the kneading are carried over into the "walking" leg movements and spinal motions on the Leg Extension Unit. Unlike traditional leg extension machines at the gym, this unit provides spring resistance at the ankle and allows for full foot articulation. Also, the intension is balance between the hamstrings, quads and abs. Come try it for yourself! . . . . #gyrotonicseacoast #seacoastnh #seacoastliving #legextensionunit #kneading #archandcurl #hamstrings #corestrength #coordination #feelssogood #northhamptonnh #gyrokinesis #gyrotonic #gyrotonicexpansionsystem #mindfulness #mindbody #bodyawareness #footmobility #anklemobility #pilates #yoga See more